Horse-whipping device



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

H. J. CASE. HORSE WHIPPING DEVICE.

N0.54'z,46s. Patented July 9, 1895.

VVitnesses. I I I Inventor.

(No Model. 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

-H. J. CASE. HORSE WHIPPING DEVICE.

Patented July 9,

Witnesses. Inventor.

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HENRY JIOASE, OF OWASCO, ASSIGNOR TO THE JOHNSTON HARVESTER COMPANY,BATAVIA, NEW YORK.

HORSE-WHIPPING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming as of Letters Patent No. 542,463, dated July9,1895.

application filed February 7, 1-8 95- Serial lilo 537,575. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. CASE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Owasco, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in I-Iorse-lVhipping Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a horsewhipping device, which consistsessentially of'a movable Whip-holder in which the whip is secured andwhich can be swung horizontally and also vertically from a considerabledistance in rear of the holder, so that the driver, who is seated, forinstance, upon the rear portion of a grainbinderor similar machine, canswing the whipholder horizontally to direct the whip toward either horseof a pair and also downwardly to strike the horse. A device of this kindis particularly useful in machines in which the drivers seat is locatedso far in rear of the team that the horses cannot be reached with a whipof ordinary size and enables the driver to use such a whip.

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The object of my invention is to improve the construction of the deviceso as to render the same simple and durable in construction and veryeffective and convenient in use.

In the accompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved horse-whipping device applied to thedeck of a grain-binders Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of thewhipholder and connecting parts in line 2 2, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a topplan view of the same parts with the upper portion of the whip-holder removed. Fig. 4 is a transverse section in line 4 4, Fig. 2, on anenlarged scale.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the socket portion of the whipholder arranged in aforwardly overhanging position and provided at its lower end with ahorizontal disk at, having laterally-projecting The socket portion isprovided on its front side with a V-shaped recess or groove in which thebutt-end of the whip is secured bya clamping-ring B, having a screw-stemb, which projects rearwardly through an opening in the socket portionand to which a thumbnut b is applied for clamping the whip in theholder.

C represents a .verticallyswinging arm which is provided at its frontend with a horizontal disk 0, upon which thehorizontal disk of theholder rests and to which the latter is. connected by an uprightpivot'bolt d, so that the holder can swing horizontally on this pivot. Dis a standard which is secured to any suitable support--for instance,the front end of the top E of agrain-binder-end which projects upwardlyand forwardly and carries at its upper end the swinging arm 0. Thelatter has its rear end connected with the upper end of the standard byahorizontal pivot d, so that the arm and the holder supported thereoncan swing vertically by swinging on this pivot.

F represents a coiled spring which is interposed between the swingingarm and the lower portion of the standard and which tends to- K K represent two actuating rods which are connected with their front ends tothe earsa of the base-disk of the whip-holder and which extendrearwardly therefrom on both sides of the standard and have their rearends connected by a handle L, which is located in convenient reach ofthe driver. By operating this handle so as topull one of the rods Kbackwardly and push the other rod forwardly the whip-holder is swunghorizontally on the upright pivot cl, as indicated by dotted lines inFig. 3, in order to direct the whip toward one of the horses. By thenpulling the handle rearwardly the swinging arm is swung downwardly onthe horizontal pivot and carries the whip-holder and whip down with it,thereby striking the horse. Upon relieving the pressure on the handlethe spring returns the arm, the whip-holder, and the whip to theirelevated position.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination with a fixed support, of avertically swinging arm connected at its rear end to said support by ahorizontal pivot, and a whip holder connected to the free end of end tosaid support by a horizontal pivot, a

whip holder connected with the free end of said swinging arm by avertical pivot, an ele- I 5 vatin g spring interposed between saidsupport and said vertically swinging arm, and actuating rods connectedat their front ends with said whip holder on opposite sides of saidvertical pivot and having their rear ends con- 20 nected by a handle,substantially as set forth. Witness my hand this 4th day of February,1895.

HENRY J. CASE.

Witnesses:

G. A. FARRELL, GEORGE O. VoLz.

